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that faltered for an hour

Had not felt the awful power

Of the god whom gods adore;

Of the god before whose portal

Kneel the deathless and the mortal,—

Suppliant forever more.

Love that faltered had not heard

Love's divine, compelling word,

Or it instant had obeyed;

Giving with the glad devotion

Of the river for the ocean,—

Doubting not, and unafraid.